New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-02
THE KITTyON DIVORCE CASE.
THE PLAINTIFF TELLS HER SIDE Of L.
HOW SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE son OF THE

HOW SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE Dun o
WEALTHY COMMODORE.
The trial OF the Kison divorce case was begun yes'
day In the Supreme Court before Justice Ingraham anu
q urv In this suit the propretress of Sxth-aye re-
sort for men and women who styles herself MIS- MARY
Kitson seeks limited divorce from Hercules L. kIson'
the young of the wealthy Commodore ni'''o"'
of ST. Paul Minn of fast horses ana STOCKS anu
bonds The conceded facts are that the coupie wc,o
married at the plaintiffs house by the Rev. Dr. ondern,
assistant pastor Of" the Little Church Aroundthe
on April 25 1885. The defence Is that the young n
was ensnared after debauch and did not know wha ho
was doing Commodore Kittson and MS son sat pcsi"o
the counsel OF the latter, David NJ Porter Inc iatncr
man advanced IN years with keen eye ana long mar
almost white listened quietly to the testimony
ally making suggestions to the lawyer HIS SOU a'""
young man of rather robust build seldom looked up or
spoke.
The woman who seeks establish her marriage, with
all the alimony that union the Of millionaire
would ene IL it Is held to be valid and separa
ton for abandonment Is granted her. was seated so that
she could look the defendant In the face and cast fire.
quent gances toward him. Near her were her lawyers
Peter Mitchell and Joseph stner The plaintiff Is short
and rather stout and dressed in black silk
with aunty hat and feather and light brown Jacket
She the first witness and testified as follows:
o xthave recognize the had defendant here
lie asked me to marry him rea,sd on April 30 was was
ssp Min .s NJ The sa next
.s for ' Ths Or
Eek ri D r@s
was the only one pr was '''sr
Amarrlage certificate was offered in evidence, but
| excluded:
Crosse xamined the witness said:
was born NewIondon Conn NY maiden name was
Mary King kept hs sSmsS WIDER Ele ne sye been called
Minnie spane called BY this name about Two years
t0-You had been living with Charles splans had yoa
not A0With his consent since We Deen shs occpped
| the same with him ak or seven months ago . ,u
he n Ssa y0S you ~eS ssne
and hal no words about mau called Billy VINO was
9mspane has been the habit Of beating You hasn't
S %ho calls m~ MT spano Papa spsne hired from
Is s for as my wfes srs S ery Sn% fret
tho fh Theatre a as he ms hs
Kson yon. wasn't he Ale supported me p,r. Mace
where YOU lived during the mo1ihs Al lon, re.
member have been to RGser I o or9 ad D and they
wond tell gentlemen they lived at No OLA sixthave anu
bad IN eye having gentlemen brought there
oyoa went there from entirely patriotic motives eh
| tQuestion overruedl
| men and women TO meet at The question was oo-
jected 10. -, ,. rr .o,,. " 7,
would he denial OF Justice not 10 allow me 10 ASK te
question" Mr. Mitchell pressed his objection ana the
The witness testified that before she married the de
PENDANT called at her house fifteen or sixteen times
|
| restaurant
Odd Won know his father oflarge means a
kept horses That's all knew IN July an,
~pilanc and visited NY ali MISS Joscp q"
| sag IIarbor. We occupied the same room there
The witness said she continued to occupy the same
room with spane after she married anddld not zen
Spillane she married The night before me aIIag.
Kiitson and spane went TO her house splliane went
ont and she sat with kittsOn until or o. H. cue coh
| tnucd:
| / said; Mr. Kittson have education 10 go mo
SAID: Minnie thatll be all right
After the marriage Kson sent for bottle oil VINE.
! rank hat
The witness said she had been arrested twice once sue
ouarreed with about sign near herdoor anu y AZ
arrested on another occasion she attacked Dy othe
girls one OF whom struck her In the lace with KEY arr
| another brandished a bairpin :" and, cohiihuen tn'
| witness lust took the little glass had IN my nan.
with sarsapna and smacked her over the eye VIII
H." She SAID she first the mother or Mt son ABOUT
o'clock Al night at the Windsor Hotel where she called
one night In 1855.
on the redirect examination she testified that after IN
itt-ou Minnie don't tell Spiian
and dont lei him know have been doing ana do al
yonve been doing spilane TIL get money 70 take yot
Chestnut H Philadelphia soon after her naiisge an,
Park where she saw MIN anu NC lno''
| repeated what he had said before about spllane
| D DO Won get drunkl A-NOt Ia my kno"IenBe
| q Won would know IL II yon didl Al would yes
Gideon Tucker ms custodian OF some OF the RECORDS
OF the Board OF Health produced marriage cetihca,
filed there setting forth the marriage OF tue parties W TIC
suit. - ,,..,, . .o,o.o, M nm
deposed May 1855. he had seen the piaintn AM
siIlane together at Nos. 5l2 aud 5l4 eixthaye Mary
Bennnned wife of the last witness. ana Annie J
Madison. both colored corroborated MS s'aemch'S a'
testified IN the bad character OF the house.
The trial will be- continued to-day.